Types of Polygons

Regular - all angles are equal and all sides are the same length. Regular polygons are both
equiangular and equilateral.
Equiangular - all angles are equal.
Equilateral - all sides are the same length.

Convex - a straight line drawn through a convex polygon crosses at most two
sides. Every interior angle is less than 180°.

Concave - you can draw at least one straight line through a concave polygon that
crosses more than two sides. At least one interior angle is more than 180°.

Polygon Formulas
(N = # of sides and S = length from center to a corner)

Area of a regular polygon = (1/2) N sin(360°/N) S2

Sum of the interior angles of a polygon = (N - 2) x 180°

The number of diagonals in a polygon = 1/2 N(N-3)

The number of triangles (when you draw all the diagonals from one vertex) in a polygon = (N -
2)

Polygon Parts

Side - one of the line segments that make up the

polygon.

Vertex - point where two sides meet. Two or more of

these points are called vertices.

Diagonal - a line connecting two vertices that isn't a

side.

Interior Angle - Angle formed by two adjacent sides

inside the polygon.

Exterior Angle - Angle formed by two adjacent sides

outside the polygon.
Special Polygons
Special Quadrilaterals - square, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, and the trapezoid.

Special Triangles - right, equilateral, isosceles, scalene, acute, obtuse.

Polygon Names
Generally accepted names

Sides Name
n N-gon
3 Triangle
4 Quadrilateral
5 Pentagon
6 Hexagon
7 Heptagon
8 Octagon
10 Decagon
12 Dodecagon

Names for other polygons have been proposed.

Sides Name
9 Nonagon, Enneagon
11 Undecagon, Hendecagon
13 Tridecagon, Triskaidecagon
14 Tetradecagon, Tetrakaidecagon
15 Pentadecagon, Pentakaidecagon
16 Hexadecagon, Hexakaidecagon
17 Heptadecagon, Heptakaidecagon
18 Octadecagon, Octakaidecagon
19 Enneadecagon, Enneakaidecagon
20 Icosagon
30 Triacontagon
40 Tetracontagon
50 Pentacontagon
60 Hexacontagon
70 Heptacontagon
 80 Octacontagon
90 Enneacontagon
100 Hectogon, Hecatontagon
1,000 Chiliagon
10,000 Myriagon

To construct a name, combine the prefix+suffix

Sides Prefix Sides Suffix

20 Icosikai... +1 ...henagon
30 Triacontakai... +2 ...digon
40 Tetracontakai... +3 ...trigon
50 Pentacontakai... +4 ...tetragon
60 Hexacontakai... + +5 ...pentagon
70 Heptacontakai... +6 ...hexagon
80 Octacontakai... +7 ...heptagon
90 Enneacontakai... +8 ...octagon
+9 ...enneagon

Examples:
46 sided polygon - Tetracontakaihexagon

28 sided polygon - Icosikaioctagon

However, many people use the form n-gon, as in 46-gon, or 28-gon instead of these names.